The fourth elder brother smiled and asked: "Shi Shilun is the son of Jinghai Hou Shilang, where did you get this disciple?" Besides, why did you pull me in again and insist that I accept this student? ”

Brother Jiu said with a smile: "Accept this student to ensure that the fourth brother is not insulted, fourth brother, you are angry, saying that it is my own disciple, and I am afraid that they will be contemptuous, so I climbed your big tree." So he told everything he had seen and heard in Tongcheng County today.

"No wonder you stopped He Yifei from nagging like this!" The fourth elder brother said, "Shi Shilun can be said to have a father and a son!" On the same day, Shi Lang, the "water thunderbolt", went to Taiwan, and he didn't even buy the account of the scholar Li Guangdi, and almost killed the Fujian general Lai Ta, raising a son is such a strange temperament! ”

He sighed and added, "Yes! The disadvantage of the salt administration is not that these hawkers who carry it on their shoulders, but that the salt road and the salt merchants are the silverfish of the salt administration. The jackal is in charge, and Ann asks the fox? ”

As he spoke, he looked thoughtfully into the distance and said nothing. The fourth elder brother has such a temperament, saying that he is a cold person, sometimes talking and laughing, and talking endlessly; It is said that he is cheerful and cheerful, and sometimes sits silently all day without saying a word, so the Chinese martial arts officer of the court neither dares to offend the confidant brother of this crown prince, nor does he dare to curry favor with him, but he respects ghosts and gods and stays away.

After a long day of thinking, Brother Jiu asked again: "Fourth brother, are you on the river all day today?" ”

The fourth elder brother sat on the chair next to the ninth elder brother and said, "Check the river workers in the afternoon, and go to Fang Bao's house in the morning to have a look." Fang Bao is a well-known scholar in the country, and it is a pity to suffer such a big loss with Dai Mingshi, but fortunately, Nian Qianyao who came to take people by order is really a slave under my door, I saw that he ordered Wen Fengming to encircle more than 100 members of the Fang family in four houses, and several were killed by heat, the Buddha is compassionate, this is too much, I trained Nian Qianyao a few words, except for Fang Bao, one of the dependents is not allowed to hurt! ”

Knowing that the fourth elder brother had converted to Buddhism, the ninth elder brother couldn't help but smile and asked, "What crime did Fang Bao commit?" ”

The fourth elder brother glanced at the ninth elder brother and said coldly: "There are nonsense words in the "Nanshan Collection" written by Dai Mingshi that slander the Qing Dynasty and miss the former Ming Dynasty. 'Before reading the Di Bao, this person has been corrected in Beijing's West Market. Fang Bao wrote a preface to his book, and it seems that this Fang Bao who wrote the preface is also too much water and less face-it's hard to live! ”

The fourth elder brother paused for a while and said slowly: "There is a drama in this case!" Fang Bao can only be regarded as having some involvement, and there is no major crime. In fact, it was because he posted to the Yamen of the Domain, overthrew the former Qian County Order, and offended the salt lord here. This place can't stay for a long time, let's take care of things these days, and we have to hurry back to Beijing! ”

The ninth elder brother frowned when he heard the words of the fourth elder brother.

"Don't worry." The fourth elder brother smiled and said, "The car has its own road to the side of the mountain, and the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge!" It's just that our prince is too ......, if he is really weak, he is still a curable disease. Sometimes I'm so impatient that I don't follow the rules! For example, last time, Huang Ama was too slow to dispatch military rations for him, and after saying a few words to him, he took Pingjun Wang Narsu out of anger, and the dignified prince ate him ten whips, which made Huang Ama even more unhappy. Alas......"

He exhaled and said with emotion, "I don't want to do these things, anyway, the sky is falling, and there is a high top, let's talk about it when I return to Beijing." ”

In the evening, the ninth elder brother got up at night, saw that the fourth elder brother's house was still lit up, lifted the curtain and went in, looked at the fourth elder brother who was meditating on the bed with his eyes closed, and said with a smile: "Fourth brother, it's late at night, your piety, the Buddha has already understood it, why do you have to sit for half an hour?" ”

"Habit has become natural." The fourth elder brother slowly opened his eyes and said, "You see that I am zazen, but in fact, somehow, it is difficult to settle down." Reading the newspaper in Wuhu, the emperor had ordered Ma Qi to enter the study to clean up the deficit of the household. I think this errand might just fall on me. Such a big thing, people are connected to people, the net is connected to the net, and the overall situation is launched, I really don't have a bottom in my heart! ”

Brother Jiu couldn't help but smile and said, "It turns out that you are worried about the country and the people!" Kill to pay for life, pay off debts. As long as the officials repay the money borrowed from the state treasury, won't the deficit in the household department be filled? ”

The fourth elder brother listened to it for a long time and said, "How easy it is to talk about! You don't know what is going on! ”

Brother Jiu said: "The car has its own way to the mountain-you still use this to enlighten me!" I haven't heard people say: The poor who are not afraid of debts, but the heroes who collect debts! ”

After a few days, the fourth elder brother and the ninth elder brother got up and headed north.

When I returned to Beijing, I heard that it had rained heavily in the south, but Jingshi was still dry and rainless, and it was hot and scorching.

The two brothers dismounted at Chaoyang Gate, it was getting late, and Kangxi lived in Changchun Garden in the western suburbs, so it was inconvenient to see him. However, according to the rules, when Qin sent back to Beijing to report to the emperor, he could not return to the house, so he had to temporarily stay in the reception hall that night. After dinner, Gao Fu'er, who was next to the fourth elder brother, came and said, "Fourth master, ninth master!" The eighth master went to the reception hall to see the two masters. ”

"Huh?" The fourth elder brother's eyes flashed, and he glanced at the ninth elder brother. Eighth Elder Brother has been courteous for a few weeks, and it is not surprising that he came to visit, but I heard that he went to Ganshan to inspect the drought situation and gave relief, why did he come back? Both of them were a little surprised.

"Fourth brother!" Seeing the fourth elder brother and the ninth elder brother, the eighth elder brother standing in front of the steps took a step forward, bowed down and said, "The fourth brother is tired of saddle horses, it's really hard. It stands to reason that I should have come early, because the emperor Ama felt a little dizzy these days, and went to Changchun Garden in the afternoon to ask Ama to say goodbye, and just came back, I heard that the fourth brother and the ninth brother were back, so I hurried to come. ”

The fourth elder brother saw that Kangxi was sick and asked, "Eighth brother, you say more detail, what is the matter with Huang Ama?" Do you want us to go to Changchun Garden immediately to say goodbye? ”

The eighth elder brother couldn't help but smile: "The fourth brother has never been like this, mother-in-law!" When I went this afternoon, Huang Ama said that it was irrelevant, and that there was no need to enter the garden twice a day. Look at his complexion, you will know it as soon as you see it. Alas, Huang Ama is getting old, and his body is not as good as before. ”

After that, he looked at Brother Jiu and asked with a smile: "With the fourth brother, you can't eat and drink, and you can't watch singing and dancing, it's boring, right?" ”

Brother Jiu clasped his hands and said with a smile: "I asked the starling brother to guess, there is a way to be a small world on the stage, a big stage in the world, and there is no shortage of excitement!" ”

"Fourth brother!" After the ceremony, the eighth elder brother looked a little casual, took off his outer robe, wore a stone green poplin shirt, threw a dark green braid behind the chair, sipped tea and asked, "I heard that you went to Tongcheng?" Did you see Fang Bao? ”

The fourth elder brother replied: "See, a very ordinary person." His literary name is so high, I thought he must be a suave and charming talent! At first sight, I was disappointed! He has been sent to Beijing, do you want to see him easily? ”

The eighth elder brother smiled implicitly and said, "The fourth brother is laughing!" He's a great rebel, how can I go to see him in prison? It's just that I think that the "Nanshan Collection" written by Dai Mingshi, the first evil, is really an unforgivable sin, but Fang Bao is just writing a preface. Nowadays, there is a culture of celebrities and gentlemen, who pick up a pen and brag about it without reading a book. In any case, Tongcheng Guwen everyone, a sect master, is too much to deal with him as a reverse case. Fourth brother, I really want to save him, but I am a little forward-looking, afraid that Huang Ama will be angry. You are the smartest of the Elder Brothers, and I have come to ask you for advice. ”

The fourth elder brother listened to his eloquent words, and said with a smile: "Eighth brother is really, what kind of smart person am I?" In my opinion, it's better to let it go. What these people don't forget in their hearts is that he is the next day, how many ways did Huang Ama give birth to in order to recruit these scribes, and it is Enke, and it is Tejian, and he also runs a learned and Confucian department, he is still unconvinced, and he does not give them a little hardship to taste what kind of system has become? ”

The fourth elder brother has always been known for his cold face, and it is expected that he will hit a wall, but the eighth elder brother just wants to "have words first", so he laughed and stopped. After sitting silent for a long time, the eighth elder brother smiled and said, "The fourth brother doesn't save it, I'm going to try it!" ”

So, he turned his face to Brother Jiu and said, "I heard that I did something happy when I went out this time?" ”

"Oh?" Brother Jiu said with a puzzled face.

"Shi Shilun's business! The political envoy of Anhui has already handed over the capital guarantee! The eighth elder brother smiled heartily, "You, the ninth brother, pretend to be a smuggler of salt, this white dragon fish suit, if you really make Shi Shilun beat the board with a plague, this play will have to be sung." ”

Brother Nine smiled.

The three of them talked for a while, and then the eighth elder brother got up and bowed to the fourth elder brother and said, "Fourth brother, the ninth brother is tired. When I see Huang Ama tomorrow, I will wash the dust for you! With that, he resigned with a smile on his face.

In the early morning of the second day, the fourth elder brother and the ninth elder brother got up early in the morning and rushed to Changchun Garden on horseback.

The ancestral residence of the Manchurians was cool, and they were most afraid of the heat of the Central Plains, so after settling in the northwest, the treasury had a slight surplus, and Kangxi built a summer resort in Chengde, and there were always three or four months to spend the summer every year. This year, Kangxi went to Henan to inspect Kaifeng Xunfang, and when he returned to Beijing, he felt dizzy and afraid of getting hot again, so he moved to Changchun Garden. Changchun Garden is located in the western suburbs of Beijing Nanhaidian, because in the south of the Old Summer Palace, so it is also called "Qianyuan", the original department of the former Ming Dynasty Wuqing Marquis Li Wei's villa, Kangxi 42 years, in the construction of the summer resort at the same time, allocate 700,000 two double repairs in the library, give the name "Changchun". This garden is surrounded by long streams, inner Luo blue waves, winding paths in the park are secluded, and pavilions and pavilions are scattered. Although it was a hot day, as soon as I entered the park, I suddenly felt that the water was cool, and the moss and talc were cold, which was indeed cool.

"Long live call the fourth elder brother and the ninth elder brother to go in and see you in the Ningju residence!" One of the guards preached loudly.

After the fourth elder brother and the ninth elder brother knocked on the leader, followed the guard in, at this time the sky was slightly bright, but saw that the long road was full of flower holes made of rose moon branches, out of the flower hole to the west, on one side of the nine oilcloth yellow sheds, each erected iron plate outside, written with the names of the provinces, it was known that Kangxi wanted to live here for a long time, and the provincial dignitaries reported their work to see the emperor in the shed of the province to wait for the decree. Walking to Pei Wenzhai, the guard smiled and said: "The front is Lan Ningju, and the two masters just go in." I can't go through without being ordered. ”

The four elder brothers and the two walked forward for more than 20 steps, and saw a five-wing high-rise house in front of them, with yellow tiles and roofs, which was regulated by the emperor. For some reason, these houses are not spent, and they are surrounded by pure covenant halls, Luhua Building, and Yunsong Xuan, which are all splendid, but this residence is unique and special. The pine reflects the bamboo cover, not only does not see the slightest cold, but reveals a steady and down-to-earth, down-to-earth and generous. Dozens of eunuchs stood under the porch, silent. The fourth elder brother and the ninth elder brother cleaned up and stopped, "snapped" the horseshoe sleeves, and reported loudly:

"Sons and daughters Yinzhen, Yinzhen, respectfully invite the emperor Sheng'an!"

"Come in!" After a long time, I listened to Kangxi's instructions, the two glanced at each other, hurriedly stepped in, and just about to make a big salute, Kangxi waved his hand and said: "You kneel aside, this minister will discuss matters, and I will ask you later!" ”

The two of them knelt silently to the side. Brother Jiu peeked at it, and saw that Kangxi was slightly thinner than before he left Beijing, but his spirit was quite vigorous, sitting cross-legged on the kang, his face was blue, and he had no smile. Several ministers in the upper study were treated more favorably than the prince, led by Zhang Tingyu, Ma Qi and Tong Guowei sat on the wooden pestle in turn.

"Shi Shilun still has to be saved." Kangxi put together a piece of music, put it on the coffee table, and muttered, "This person is a capable person, but he is eager for quick success and quick profit, and he is also annoying!" First, it is too good, what kind of fire is consumed in Ningbo Mansion to return to the public, and the subordinate county government can't even afford to invite the master, and the official is demoted, and it is still difficult to change his temperament! Again, he made the same mistake as Yu Jackie Chan, fighting lawsuits to protect the poor, and to protect scholars, you must know that the world is not all poor, and scholars are always reasonable. ”

When Brother Jiu heard this, he couldn't help but take a step on his knees and said, "Emperor Ama Shengjian, insight is thousands of miles away!" Erchen sees that he is a financial management material, and there is still a lack of the head of the household department, why not make up for him to come in? ”

"What are you busy with? That's where it comes to you! Kangxi turned his face away and sneered, "I don't know what good things you have done to these two difficult brothers!" Before you returned to Beijing, the fold of the complaint was handed in first. I don't want to talk about you, but you can see for yourself! ”

Saying that, a stack of folds "snapped" on the ground, the fourth elder brother and the ninth elder brother were taken aback, and hurriedly picked up their hands and flipped through them. ”

The next few books are according to the inspectors, saying that due to the improper handling of the salt department, the salt people in Tong Province have boycotted the city, the salt lords have communicated with water thieves to rob the salt transport boats, and the Anqing, Luzhou, Yingzhou, Huizhou, Ningguo, Chizhou, Taiping and other prefectures are not in order, and they have asked for an order to suppress them. After a lot of articles, it seems that Anhui is a thief's nest, and it is actually a restless province. It is clear that it is an impeachment of He Yifei, and there are insinuations in the actual book, pointing out that "Ah Ge Qincha" does not understand the people's feelings, and his actions are inappropriate, which has aroused public resentment. (To be continued.) )